First I'm not on linux but OS X ;-)
Second, I don't have the hand on the drivers!! I use those that OS X installs!
It's ok for the 5770, I don't try to compute with it.

If you need more détails on my config, ask me.

Thx for your response!

P.S: The problem was same with my old HD4870!!

Can somebody tell me the name the Modified Fit app uses in client_state.xml, I am going to attempt making an app_info file that hopefully works for OSX and allows GPU crunching.

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Hi!

Anybody can find that info???
Or only admin, dev, etc??
Where must we search??

Thx.

First I'm not on linux but OS X ;-)
Second, I don't have the hand on the drivers!! I use those that OS X installs!
It's ok for the 5770, I don't try to compute with it.

If you need more détails on my config, ask me.

Thx for your response!

P.S: The problem was same with my old HD4870!!

Can somebody tell me the name the Modified Fit app uses in client_state.xml, I am going to attempt making an app_info file that hopefully works for OSX and allows GPU crunching.

Try this thread, it should give you some ideas.

Hi!
I think à lin kits missing…
;-)

Hi!
I think à lin kits missing…
;-)

WHOOPS, sorry!!!
http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/forum_thread.php?id=1072

Hi!

Anybody can find that info???
Or only admin, dev, etc??
Where must we search??

Thx.

Try this one.
http://www.arkayn.us/milkyway/OSX_1.01_x86_64_mf_1.28_ati.zip

Make certain that you chmod +x both executables and also reinstall BOINC to correct permissions.

I ended up allowing some modified_fit work so I could get the correct info.

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Hi Arkayn!!
I've tested your apps and the result is :

- Installation --> OK
- chmod --> OK
- Ré-install Boinc --> OK

But when I ask for work, I got ps_separation & ps_modifit but they are all for CPU!!!
My prefs on the project are est to not accept CPU tasks
They don't start since a CPU slot is free!?!?!?

All ps_modifit are on error (between 2 & 8s) and all ps_separation work fine and are credited.

Hope that helps.

Hi Arkayn!!
I've tested your apps and the result is :

- Installation --> OK
- chmod --> OK
- Ré-install Boinc --> OK

But when I ask for work, I got ps_separation & ps_modifit but they are all for CPU!!!
My prefs on the project are est to not accept CPU tasks
They don't start since a CPU slot is free!?!?!?

All ps_modifit are on error (between 2 & 8s) and all ps_separation work fine and are credited.

Hope that helps.

I forgot a couple of lines in that app_info, mainly to do with the GPU count info.
http://www.arkayn.us/milkyway/OSX_1.01_x86_64_mf1.28_opencl_amd_ati.zip

Make certain that your preferences are to receive only modified_fit work and only for ATI/AMD. We want to get the app_info worked out correctly.

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hi!

Tested now...

Error!!

Here is the message :

Stderr output

<core_client_version>7.2.28</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
process exited with code 1 (0x1, -255)
</message>
<stderr_txt>
<search_application> milkyway_separation 1.28 Darwin x86_64 double OpenCL </search_application>
Reading preferences ended prematurely
BOINC GPU type suggests using OpenCL vendor 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'
Setting process priority to 0 (13): Permission denied
Error loading Lua script 'astronomy_parameters.txt': [string "number_parameters: 4..."]:1: '<name>' expected near '4'
Switching to Parameter File
Using SSE4.1 path
Found 1 platform
Platform 0 information:
Name: Apple
Version: OpenCL 1.2 (Aug 24 2013 21:03:27)
Vendor: Apple
Extensions: cl_APPLE_SetMemObjectDestructor cl_APPLE_ContextLoggingFunctions cl_APPLE_clut cl_APPLE_query_kernel_names cl_APPLE_gl_sharing cl_khr_gl_event
Profile: FULL_PROFILE
Didn't find preferred platform
Using device 0 on platform 0
Found 1 CL device
Device 'ATI Radeon HD 7950 Compute Engine' (AMD:0x1021c00) (CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU)
Board:
Driver version: 1.2 (Sep 19 2013 22:22:10)
Version: OpenCL 1.2
Compute capability: 0.0
Max compute units: 28
Clock frequency: 800 Mhz
Global mem size: 2147483648
Local mem size: 32768
Max const buf size: 65536
Double extension: (none)
Device doesn't support double precision
Failed to calculate likelihood
<background_integral> nan </background_integral>
<stream_integral> nan nan nan </stream_integral>
<background_likelihood> nan </background_likelihood>
<stream_only_likelihood> nan nan nan </stream_only_likelihood>
<search_likelihood> nan </search_likelihood>
19:38:31 (89947): called boinc_finish

</stderr_txt>

The milkyway application is complaining about not having double precision.
I run a HD7950 on Windows and it surely has that capability.
although I also get a compute capability of 0.0 (Likely just an Nvidia thingy)
Does anyone running Darwin have a driver that works?

From Matthew Arsenault:

R7xx is sketchy, since support was dropped from the driver (and I just removed support for it from the backend), so you need to use an old version of it. Anything newer than that should be fine.

Err, is the model number a typo? As the R700 series includes the HD 48xx & 47xx which do have DP & you list as supported (bar the 4730 which I guess is just an omission?), or are you referring to OpenCL support?

And what do you mean by 'backend' & 'older version' of what?

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Main rig - Ryzen 5 3600, MSI B450 G.Pro C. AC, RTX 3060Ti 8GB, 32GB DDR4 3200, Win 10 64bit
2nd rig - i7 4930k @4.1 GHz, HD 7870 XT 3GB(DS), 16GB DDR3 1866, Win7

From Matthew Arsenault:

R7xx is sketchy, since support was dropped from the driver (and I just removed support for it from the backend), so you need to use an old version of it. Anything newer than that should be fine.

Err, is the model number a typo? As the R700 series includes the HD 48xx & 47xx which do have DP & you list as supported (bar the 4730 which I guess is just an omission?), or are you referring to OpenCL support?

No I think he means the new R7 series.

From Matthew Arsenault:

R7xx is sketchy, since support was dropped from the driver (and I just removed support for it from the backend), so you need to use an old version of it. Anything newer than that should be fine.

Err, is the model number a typo? As the R700 series includes the HD 48xx & 47xx which do have DP & you list as supported (bar the 4730 which I guess is just an omission?), or are you referring to OpenCL support?

No I think he means the new R7 series.

No, he really means the 48xx & 47xx series, OpenCL support is very limited for that series.

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From Matthew Arsenault:

R7xx is sketchy, since support was dropped from the driver (and I just removed support for it from the backend), so you need to use an old version of it. Anything newer than that should be fine.

Err, is the model number a typo? As the R700 series includes the HD 48xx & 47xx which do have DP & you list as supported (bar the 4730 which I guess is just an omission?), or are you referring to OpenCL support?

No I think he means the new R7 series.

No, he really means the 48xx & 47xx series, OpenCL support is very limited for that series.

So how does that affect MW? As my 4870 ran it just fine.
I know for Folding@H the poor openCL support for 4800s meant it was dropped from the project.

Also what did he mean by 'backend' & older version of what?

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Team AnandTech - SETI@H, DPAD, F@H, MW@H, A@H, LHC, POGS, R@H, Einstein@H, DHEP, WCG

Main rig - Ryzen 5 3600, MSI B450 G.Pro C. AC, RTX 3060Ti 8GB, 32GB DDR4 3200, Win 10 64bit
2nd rig - i7 4930k @4.1 GHz, HD 7870 XT 3GB(DS), 16GB DDR3 1866, Win7

BOinc 7.0.64(x64)
AMD 4870
A PC is yielding this in Event Log:
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1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228433_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:51 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228442_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:11:51 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228432_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:11:51 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228436_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226072_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226076_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Starting task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226077_0 using milkyway version 102 (ati14ati) in slot 0
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Starting task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226064_0 using milkyway version 102 (ati14ati) in slot 1
1/15/2014 12:18:16 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226077_0 finished
------------------------------------------

I.e.: SOme WU appear to complete normally, then there will be a string of "Process Creation" errors, then back to apparently normal processing.

I have no idea where to begin. Anyone suggest a troubleshooting starting point?

Here is a link to the PC:
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/show_host_detail.php?hostid=100603

And to a recently completed WU:
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/workunit.php?wuid=485215401

Thanks
Art

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BOinc 7.0.64(x64)
AMD 4870
A PC is yielding this in Event Log:
------------------------------------------
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228433_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:38 PM | Milkyway@Home | [error] Process creation failed: Access is denied. (0x5)
1/15/2014 12:11:51 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228442_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:11:51 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228432_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:11:51 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_4_1383186301_22228436_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226072_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226076_0 finished
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Starting task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226077_0 using milkyway version 102 (ati14ati) in slot 0
1/15/2014 12:12:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | Starting task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226064_0 using milkyway version 102 (ati14ati) in slot 1
1/15/2014 12:18:16 PM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task ps_separation_10_2s_sSgrFreeInertia_3_1383186301_22226077_0 finished
------------------------------------------

I.e.: SOme WU appear to complete normally, then there will be a string of "Process Creation" errors, then back to apparently normal processing.

I have no idea where to begin. Anyone suggest a troubleshooting starting point?

Here is a link to the PC:
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/show_host_detail.php?hostid=100603

And to a recently completed WU:
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/workunit.php?wuid=485215401

Thanks
Art

One possibility might be your Anti-Virus software doing a scan of the BOINC data directory.

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All,
regarding the server message of "R600 GPU 38xx not supporting OpenCL" or something similar... I recently upgraded my 4770 to a 7790, mainly for increased single precision performance. However, after updating to the latest Catalyst driver, I received that dreaded message from the Milkway@home server.
After going in circles and tying many things I finally got it working. Here's what I had to do:
Uninstalled all AMD software, driver, Catalyst, everything.
Ran DriverSweeper in safe mode to remove remnants.
Removed all "AMD" references from registry
Installed Catalyst 13.4 (tried 13.12 and 13.9 with no success)
Hey presto! Now downloading and running MW tasks.

Now one thing I did notice - BOINC noted that, with 13.4, that CAL is an option, as well as OpenCL. 13.9 and 13.12 only noted OpenCL. I know that all the project resources indicate OpenCL is what's required, but is this actually true?

Have others managed to run a 7790 (Bonaire) with any driver over 13.4?

From Matthew Arsenault:

R7xx is sketchy, since support was dropped from the driver (and I just removed support for it from the backend), so you need to use an old version of it. Anything newer than that should be fine.

Err, is the model number a typo? As the R700 series includes the HD 48xx & 47xx which do have DP & you list as supported (bar the 4730 which I guess is just an omission?), or are you referring to OpenCL support?

No I think he means the new R7 series.

No, he really means the 48xx & 47xx series, OpenCL support is very limited for that series.

So how does that affect MW? As my 4870 ran it just fine.
I know for Folding@H the poor openCL support for 4800s meant it was dropped from the project.

Also what did he mean by 'backend' & older version of what?

???

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Team AnandTech - SETI@H, DPAD, F@H, MW@H, A@H, LHC, POGS, R@H, Einstein@H, DHEP, WCG

Main rig - Ryzen 5 3600, MSI B450 G.Pro C. AC, RTX 3060Ti 8GB, 32GB DDR4 3200, Win 10 64bit
2nd rig - i7 4930k @4.1 GHz, HD 7870 XT 3GB(DS), 16GB DDR3 1866, Win7

just a quick question : I know the HD 5770 got no double precision and I cant crunch MW@home with it - but is it possible to run any of the other applications with it (N-Body Simulation, Separation (Modified Fit)) ?

just a quick question : I know the HD 5770 got no double precision and I cant crunch MW@home with it - but is it possible to run any of the other applications with it (N-Body Simulation, Separation (Modified Fit)) ?

All GPU apps here require double precision.